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Olympus 35mm f/2.8 Shift Lens
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:14 am    Post subject: Olympus 35mm f/2.8 Shift Lens Reply with quote
I just acquired one of these. From what I can gather my copy is the late, and somewhat rare multi-coated version. I don't have an OM -> Sony adapter for my A7, so will have to wait until it arrives before I can play. In the meantime does anyone here have experience or opinions of this lens?

Obligatory Lens Porn (an iPhone shot unfortunately) - Olympus 35mm f/2.8 shifted on both axes...



PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm licking the screen......... Laughing

Very nice lens. Cool


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Congrats.
I don't think it came with non-mc. Also it is a very good lens, on both canon FF dslr and sony a7r. Small, light and superb image quality.
It needs FF to max out the potential.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yup, nice lens, too bad they never included tilt in the design.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
hoanpham wrote:
I don't think it came with non-mc.


I'm going on the internet chatter that says most were uncoated, barring the late ones whig have the front Bezel mine has. Early ones, said to be single coated have f=35mm on there. A site called 16:9, which lookalike it's gone now, has a page showing the difference between versions. Anyhow, I'm not worried as the lens is in ice condition, boxed and even the case is in decent shape. All for a price that I'd be happy with for any version in that condition.


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
PS, I seem to have accidentally fallen into becoming an Olympus collector this week. I just pulled the trigger on a rather lovely looking OM-2 Spot/Program with 50mm 1.8 for £60 from Oxfam's online shop. That will sit with my pre existing set of compacts - a Trip an XA and a lovely 35RD with it's amazing 40/1.7 fixed lens.

Oh Dear Wink


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
barryreid wrote:
PS, I seem to have accidentally fallen into becoming an Olympus collector this week. I just pulled the trigger on a rather lovely looking OM-2 Spot/Program with 50mm 1.8 for £60 from Oxfam's online shop. That will sit with my pre existing set of compacts - a Trip an XA and a lovely 35RD with it's amazing 40/1.7 fixed lens.

Oh Dear Wink


I understand you completely. I got my first Olympus OM10 as a 'not working bonus' to Vivitar S1 70-210/3.5, however I've put the batteries in and everything worked. I felt in love with this camera and the system. After some time I got myself OM2 Spot/Program and it's absolutely fantastic camera.
Unfortunately OM lenses are pretty pricey apart from 50/1.8 and 28/3.5 (which are both fantastic lenses). I envy you this 35 Shift, I'm trying to get normal 35/2.8 but prices are going bizarre and I'm waiting for a reasonable amount for now Wink.

Have fun shooting with your Olympus gear.

Mateusz


PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/olympusom1n2/shared/zuiko/htmls/35mmSHIFT.htm


PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The adapter has arrived and I have made my first test shot with my A7r - see below.

I'm inclined to put any lack of bite down to my own shakiness and any noise from the sensor as this was shot at 1/8th second at ISO800 and either f/5.6 or f/8. first impressions are that it's easy enough to focus and, like all Shift lenses benefits massively from the ability to see exposure in real time in the EVF. It will be interesting to see what the lens can do in a more controlled situation.



PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have that lens too, but it sits around unused....

Looks nice!


PostPosted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is one of my most used lenses.

It is biting sharp unshifted (think: you are effectively using just the center of a "virtual" medium format lens) and has absolutely gorgeous colors.

It's only (minor) faults are a tad of chromatic aberration at the borders at maximum shift and a not so great resistance to flare. In this regard, though, it doesn't actually so much flare (i.e. it doesn't lower the contrast of the scene with a veil) as ghost (the aperture shapes mirrors the light source, so to speak).

My setup is to use it on a Olympus > Sony E adapter that includes a tilt function: costed me 25€ from a Chinese *bay vendor and sure it is not as nice to use (the adapter, not the lens) as a proper T&S Canon or Nikon, but for the price and the results is a steal Cool

UPDATE: I think you might find these two links useful.

A short review I wrote about it: http://www.addicted2light.com/2011/08/18/review-olympus-35mm-f28-zuiko-shift/

A post about the tilt adapters I mentioned: http://www.addicted2light.com/2014/10/17/adapters-for-a-cheap-pro-tilt-shift-lens/


PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
fotoreporter1975 wrote:
This is one of my most used lenses.

It is biting sharp unshifted (think: you are effectively using just the center of a "virtual" medium format lens) and has absolutely gorgeous colors.

It's only (minor) faults are a tad of chromatic aberration at the borders at maximum shift and a not so great resistance to flare. In this regard, though, it doesn't actually so much flare (i.e. it doesn't lower the contrast of the scene with a veil) as ghost (the aperture shapes mirrors the light source, so to speak).

My setup is to use it on a Olympus > Sony E adapter that includes a tilt function: costed me 25€ from a Chinese *bay vendor and sure it is not as nice to use (the adapter, not the lens) as a proper T&S Canon or Nikon, but for the price and the results is a steal Cool

UPDATE: I think you might find these two links useful.

A short review I wrote about it: http://www.addicted2light.com/2011/08/18/review-olympus-35mm-f28-zuiko-shift/

A post about the tilt adapters I mentioned: http://www.addicted2light.com/2014/10/17/adapters-for-a-cheap-pro-tilt-shift-lens/


Thanks for the Information!


PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, I got to play for a few minutes at the weekend, on a trip to Rye in fine weather and I'm pretty impressed with the sharpness of the lens. There is some CA but I think it's a strong performance for a wide lens of this aeon the very demanding A7r Sensor. Image below taken at ƒ/5.6 with about 6mm of upward shift. 100% crop straight from the jpeg with no corrections for CA.

100% crop sample from...


This image.


PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I used to shoot with one of these on an OM-4 back in the day. A beauty of a lens, for sure. I picked one up about a year ago to try on the Nikon D800E, but the infinity stop was off, so it wouldn't focus to infinity and I never got around to getting it serviced. I just learned how to adjust the infinity stop myself today and set it to focus a little past at the stop. I'm curious to see how it stacks up, particularly against the Nikkor 35mm f2 AIS both straight on and with perspective control added in post. I'll post some pix when I have time to do some shots. I will say that the D800 has some trouble metering well through it, even unshifted. How's the Sony in that respect?


PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ahfairley wrote:
I will say that the D800 has some trouble metering well through it, even unshifted. How's the Sony in that respect?


Good! I reckon metering shift lenses has been one of the big pluses of going mirrorless over DSLRs. Because it's metering off the sensor you get much closer to a correct exposure with the lens shifted than when using a DSLR conventionally - i.e. Manually meter to set the exposure then shift. It's also easier to see what's going on. I do find the A7r difficult to focus though.


PostPosted: Wed Apr 19, 2023 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
barryreid wrote:
I'm going on the internet chatter that says most were uncoated, barring the late ones whig have the front Bezel mine has. Early ones, said to be single coated have f=35mm on there. A site called 16:9, which lookalike it's gone now, has a page showing the difference between versions. Anyhow, I'm not worried as the lens is in ice condition, boxed and even the case is in decent shape. All for a price that I'd be happy with for any version in that condition.


Not so fast my friend: that ancient article has remained online since publication in 2007, though the URL has migrated around the site.
It's now here: http://16-9.net/35mm-shift-lens-group-test

Sixteen years later, I still have that MC sample (#107641), shifting and even tilting in its new L mount – and still impressing on the S1R. In fact I'm about to make good on a long-reneged promise: to compare the Olympus 35mm Shift and Pentax 645 FA – and (because entire glaciers have melted while waiting for the answer) to sweeten the deal by including in the comparison the reputation-retconned P645 SMC 35/3.5 and FA 33-55mm.


PostPosted: Thu Apr 20, 2023 2:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
16:9 As a reult of your test I found and own a MC 35mm too.


PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have both the Oly 35mm shift and the Pentax P645 SMC 35/3.5 mounted into a shift adapter. Pentax is a bit better(better corners) but Oly is lighter and easier to carry.


PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've seen multiple types cheap and expensive adapters for tilting/shifting , would they give same result as a specific tilted lens ? What would be the best adapters to look for in this case?


PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Does anyone which of the 35mm shift lenses that are considered the best or highest preforming?


PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kiddo wrote:
I've seen multiple types cheap and expensive adapters for tilting/shifting , would they give same result as a specific tilted lens ? What would be the best adapters to look for in this case?


It's more about the lens, it needs to have proper coverage. If it doesn't, you'll get black vignetting. So ideally you'd adapt some medium frame lens. Of course, with APS-C camera a 35mm lens could do the job etc. These old shift lenses usually don't tilt though, it's a different thing.


PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2023 8:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
blotafton wrote:
Does anyone which of the 35mm shift lenses that are considered the best or highest preforming?


You could always look at 16-9's review Linked in his post, That is why I got an OM 35mm shift MC.


PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2023 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Slalom wrote:
blotafton wrote:
Does anyone which of the 35mm shift lenses that are considered the best or highest preforming?


You could always look at 16-9's review Linked in his post, That is why I got an OM 35mm shift MC.


Thanks ,I missed that link.


PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2023 11:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I used one version in my film days and found the colours to be distinctly "cold".
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